Every artist needs a manikin. It helps them to capture the body in the pose they’re imagining. This manikin in particular has a more detailed face and hands. It’s easy to pose and manipulate into the position you’d like to recreate. This company also makes a male manikin!

If you’re after a larger price ticket gift, this Wacom tablet will change digital art for the artist you have in mind. It’s incredibly easy to use and makes digital art feel more like tradition art on paper. This tablet will excite and inspire ANY digital artist looking to up their skills.

If you’ve ever done any amount of work sitting at the computer, you know that eventually you get a little achy in certain areas. This is especially true if you’re using your hands and arms to create art! This keyboard tray attaches to your desk chair and allows you to place it in the most comfortable position for you to to create the best art possible!

This thorough guide will help prep digital artists on what to expect and how to make it! Take a look at the description below:

One of today’s most refreshing young creatives gives the inside scoop on how to make it as a graphic artist. From art school student to designer for Nike, Topshop, and Google, Kate Moross has lived the life that young graphic artists dream of. But it hasn’t always been a smooth ride, and in this informative memoir and guide Moross offers true insider’s tips on how to make it in a highly competitive field. Written in an approachable, forthright, and refreshingly honest tone, Make Your Own Luck features chapters on how to thrive in art school, developing your own style, how to self-promote, collaboration with other artists, how to deal with “copycats”, and when to consider working for free. She also touches on the fine points of music packaging and videos, how to find an agent, and looks back on the touchstone moments that helped shape her career.

Many digital artists do much of their work on tablets. If that’s the case for the artist you’re giving to, a high quality art stylus is the way to go! There are so many art apps that can really pull at an artist’s creative juices. A stylus is a must-have!

What’s better than giving the gift of knowledge? Purchasing a year of unlimited digital art lessons from Digital Tutors can make all of the difference in the eyes of an artist trying to improve their skills or learn and fine-tune new skills. This website offers a huge amount of digital art lessons that art broken down into manageable lessons that anyone can follow.

If you know a digital artist who wants to amp up their skills or an art student, this book is loaded with excellent tips, techniques and methods to begin digital painting like a pro!

Now in its seventh year, Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 7 continues the tradition of showcasing the latest digital painting trends and techniques from industry experts, including Reneé Chio and Cris Delara. Reneé is a classically trained animator and self-taught illustrator with five years of experience in the animation industry and a massive fanbase. Delara is a pin-up specialist with nearly twenty years of experience in various artistic industries.

Get a beautifully designed iPad case! Every artist needs to arrive in style. Check out the bold patterns sold here at Amazon! Find the one that best matches the personality of the artist you have in mind.

Many artists are using tablets and apps to create art. Give an iTunes e-gift card and let them choose which apps best meet their needs. They can also use the gift card to purchase digital magazines to help them stay up to date on the latest digital art techniques by subscribing to magazines such as Computer Arts.

Another option is to give a gift card to Amazon. Amazon sells almost every art supply ever needed! I don’t think anyone would be disappointed with an Amazon gift card!